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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10 "The Sign of the Dollar".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dagny stops at a newsstand buy cigarettes, what is the last thing the vendor says to her?
(a) Oh well, who is John Galt?
(b) Oh well, we'll have your cigarettes tomorrow.
(c) Oh well, next time I'll save you a paper.
(d) Oh well, you need to stop smoking anyway.

2. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Francisco's telephone call
(b) Eddie's resignation
(c) Directive 10-289
(d) The closing of the John Galt Line

3. What caused Francisco's ancestor out of Spain to Argentina where he became wealthy as a copper miner?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Spanish Revolution.
(d) The Potato Famine.

4. How does Dagny now realize that the government had used her, Rearden, and other industrialists?
(a) By their helplessness.
(b) By their love of work and producing.
(c) By their greed.
(d) By their stupidity.

5. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) His marriage to Cherryl which shows he is for the people.
(b) He joins the influence peddlers from Washington.
(c) His firing of Dagny.
(d) He pays exhorbitant bribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rand make a strong argument against incompetence?

2. What does Rearden say the government needed to win against him.

3. What is Dagny's reaction to Eugene Lawson's claim that his motives were pure at Twentieth Century Motors because he never made a profit?

4. Why is James Taggart marrying Cherryl Brooks, the dime store clerk?

5. What news was in the letter the doorman had held for Dagny for a week?

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